About the project

 

BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROPOSAL (ENGLISH) IN NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, SUPPORTED BY THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF VIRTUAL LEARNING OBJECTS (VLO) IN THE FIFTH-GRADER STUDENTS CENTRO DOCENTE RAFAEL TELLO-SANTANDER DE QUILICHAO.

The present research work entitled "Bilingual Education Proposal (English) in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, supported by the Design and Evaluation of Virtual Learning Objects (VLO) in the Fifth-Grader Students Centro Docente Rafael Tello-Santander De Quilichao”, seeks to offer an innovative learning model for the institution located in the Municipality of Santander de Quilichao, Cauca; promoting bilingual education; considering that this initiative has not been implemented in any public educational institution at the local level.

This virtual learning object (blog) arises in support of the bilingual education proposal, a project designed and developed by students of the University of Cauca and which seeks to offer an innovative learning model for this institution located in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, Colombia. In addition, this project is the first to be developed for an official educational institution of the municipality.

About the institution.

 

INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA INSTITUTO TÉCNICO

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Institución Educativa Instituto Técnico is an official the institution located in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca. It has three school days (morning, afternoon, and evening); composed of three headquarters (Rafael Tello, Jose Edmundo Sandoval and Francisco de Paula Santander); with approximately 3.015 students in the preschool, elementary school, and secondary school categories. The internal organization is made up of a Principal, six coordinators, 100 teachers, and 15 administrative assistants; therefore it makes part of the largest institutions in northern Cauca.

CENTRO DOCENTE RAFAEL TELLO

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The Centro Docente Rafael Tello located in 6 # 9-88 street of Olaya Herrera neighborhood has approximately 551 students, it has an academic school day that starts at 7:00 A.M until 12:35 P.M; the schedules are divided into 5 hours per day with 10 minutes break and 20 minutes of pedagogical break. For the fifth grade, Natural Sciences and Mathematics classes are distributed in blocks of 4 hours per week. The proposed curriculum seeks to promote the learning of these subjects following the parameters established by the MEN whose objective is to strengthen critically, investigate, logical mathematical thinking, critical reading, and quantitative-qualitative reasoning necessary to advance in the process in the training of basic and secondary education.

The Institución Educativa Instituto Técnico, to which the Centro Docente Rafael Tello belongs, in its Manual de Convivencia Social y de Formacion Escolar has projected for the year 2022 to be a leading institution in educational processes that promote the training of autonomous, transcendent, and competent people through a pedagogical model according to the demands and challenges of the 21st century (Consejo Directivo Instituto Técnico, 2018).

About the researchers.